Section 633.660 – Enforcement and administration.
The director shall enforce ORS 633.511 to 633.750 and 633.996. However, the enforcement of certification regulations and the work of testing seeds and sampling, inspecting, sealing and certification labeling of tubers and horticultural plants and of agricultural, cereal grain, flower and vegetable seeds for certification, as provided by ORS 633.600 to 633.640, shall be done […]
Section 633.670 – Inspection and sampling of seeds; seizure of seeds; report of inspection work.
(1) In the enforcement of ORS 633.511 to 633.750 and 633.996, the Director of Agriculture, deputies of the director, inspectors or samplers may: (a) Enter during regular business hours any store, warehouse, mill, cleaning or storage place, depot or other structure, freight car or other vehicle, in which agricultural, flower or vegetable seeds are being […]
Section 633.680 – Establishment of standards of germination; rules and regulations; fees and charges.
(1) The Director of Agriculture shall establish standards of germination for vegetable seed, and shall make reasonable rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purpose of ORS 633.511 to 633.750 and 633.996, covering: (a) Licensing, suspension, reinstatement and revocation of licenses, which rules and regulations shall conform to the law governing suspension, refusal or revocation […]
Section 633.690 – Quarantine of seed entering state; disposition of nonconforming seed.
(1) The director may place a quarantine on all agricultural, flower or vegetable seed entering this state from any outside source. However, seed labeled in accordance with ORS 633.520, 633.531 and 633.541 shipped into the state by any person holding an Oregon license in full force shall not necessarily be quarantined; and any such seeds […]
Section 633.700 – Retailer and wholesaler licenses; exemption; rules; fees.
(1) A person may not sell, offer or expose for sale in this state, or contract to have produced in this state for commercial purposes, any agricultural, flower or vegetable seeds unless the person holds an unsuspended license issued by the State Department of Agriculture. However, a person is not required to obtain a license […]
Section 633.711
[1989 c.1035 §§2,6; 1991 c.734 §56; 1995 c.371 §9; renumbered 633.996 in 2001]
Section 633.720 – Sampling and testing on request of owner of seed.
On application of any person owning or controlling any lot of seed, the director may draw an official sample of any lot of such seed for official testing purposes. After dividing the sample into two approximately equal portions and properly identifying, labeling and sealing them, the director shall tender one portion to the applicant and […]
Section 633.733 – Legislative findings regarding seed regulation.
(1) As used in this section, “nursery seed” means any propagant of nursery stock as defined in ORS 571.005. (2) The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that: (a) The production and use of agricultural seed, flower seed, nursery seed and vegetable seed and products of agricultural seed, flower seed, nursery seed and vegetable seed are […]
Section 633.738 – Prohibition of local laws to inhibit or prevent production or use of seeds or products of seeds.
(1) As used in this section: (a) “Local government” has the meaning given that term in ORS 174.116. (b) “Nursery seed” means any propagant of nursery stock as defined in ORS 571.005. (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a local government may not enact or enforce a local law or measure, […]
Section 633.741 – Jackson County exemption from ORS 633.738.
ORS 633.738 does not apply to any local measure that was: (1) Proposed by initiative petition and, on or before January 31, 2013, qualified for placement on the ballot in a county; and (2) Approved by the electors of the county at an election held on May 20, 2014. [2013 s.s. c.4 §4] Note: 633.741 […]